Sentences with phrase «injured than on the pitch»

Look at Arsenal's so called english core of Wilshere, OX, Theo, Gibbs every season these players spend more time injured than on the pitch, if I include Welbeck and Chambers you'll realise none of them have made it to 20 premier league games, the only thing they're good for is increasing our home grown quota!

Not exact matches

I don't blame Giroud for have very little talent, or Mert for being slower than my grand mother, or Flamini having the control of a 2 year old in a bumper car, or Sanchez getting injured when he is played whilst being burned out, or Cazorla for getting injured and left on the pitch playing with knee ligament damage God knows prolonging his return date by how many weeks.

In the midfield, (including RWB & LWB) we have a whole bunch of tweeners... none offer the full package, none make sense in our manager's current favourite formation, except for Sead on the left and Ox on the right, and all of them have never shown any consistency for more than a heartbeat... Sead, who I'm including in this category because of our present formation, looks like a positive addition, minus his occasional brain farts, but I would rather see what he could do in a back 4 before making my mind up... Ox, who has never played better, which isn't saying much considering his largely underwhelming play in previous seasons, seems to have found a home in this new formation; unfortunately, can we really expect this oft - injured player to handle the taxing duties that come with said position over the long haul, not to mention, it looks like he has no intention of staying... Ramsey has relied on the empathy that stems from his gruesome injury years ago and the excitement that was generated a few years back when he finally seemed to put in altogether, but on the whole he has been a big disappointment (neither he nor the Ox have scored enough to warrant a regular spot)... Wiltshire should be put on a weekly contract then played until he suffers his first injury, if and when that occurs he should be shipped - out and no one should very be allowed to say his name on club grounds ever again... Elnehy & Coq are average players who couldn't make any of the top 7 teams currently in the EPL... both have showed some great energy on the pitch, but neither are top quality and no good team can afford to have that many average players on their bench playing the same position, especially with Coq's injury history / discipline concerns and Elheny's headless chicken tendencies... as for Xhaka, his tenure here so far has been incredibly underwhelming... we know he has some skills to provide the long ball but his defensive work is piss poor and he gives the ball away too cheaply and far too often... finally, the enigma himself, Ozil, so much skill with his left foot but his presence has been more frustrating than uplifting... in many respects his failure has been directly related to the failure of this club to provide him with the necessary players up front, minus Sanchez of course, and unless something drastic happens very soon his legacy will be largely a negative one (much like Wenger's)

no substitution — i think he is a player who had more mins on the pitch this year (playing full mins for arsenal) than any other player in the tournament including messi (was out injured at the begging of the year)

Look how well he was playing when Cazorla was on the pitch, ever since his and Alexis's injury Mesut has had to carry this team on his own, you can't expect him to be pulling off assists each game when the players that allow him to be comfortable on the ball get injured for more than a quarter of the season.